Galloway Leads TSU in Come from Behind Win over Southern

Texas Southern point guard Kevin Galloway took a struggling Tiger team, and propelled them to a come from behind win against Southern in the H&PE Arena. Galloway scored 26 of his 32 points in the second half to give TSU a 71-63 victory.

Texas Southern was down by 11 points (22-11) with 7 minutes left to play in the first period. The first half ended with the Tigers trailing 24-33.

Southern increased their led to 16 points (48-32) after playing just 5 minutes into the second half. That’s went Galloway and his teammates stepped up and took control of the game. It took TSU 7 minutes to cut their deficit to 3 points (49-52). One minute later, the game was tied 54-54. Texas Southern took the lead on a jump shot by Abdallah Boune and Galloway did the rest. He attacked the rim and set up his follow Tigers for easy shots. When it was done, TSU won with an 8 point cushion.

Galloway was the high scorer of the game with 32 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Lawrence Johnson-Danner had 11 points, 4 steals and 3 assists and Harrison Smith had 10 points.

Texas Southern will host Alcorn on Saturday for the final regular season game, before heading to Garland, TX to fight for the SWAC Championship Tournament Title.

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By Rodney Bush, TSU Sports Information Director
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Harvey Johnson Mural Overpaint Removal Tests - Texas Southern University (TSU)

Two historic murals were painted out resulting in international protest. The safe removal of the overpaint and restoration/conservation requires careful testing. See the other related videos, articles etc., go to blog at www.tsumurals.org




This video was not produced by TSU. Scott Haskins and Fine Art Conservation Laboratories has only been contracted to conduct the collection survey of the mural collection, do limited tests as related to estimates for future projects and act as an expert consultant. TSU is under not obligation or contract to work with Scott Haskins or FACL, Inc. in the future. Scott Haskins and Fine Art Conservation Laboratories is not an employee of Texas Southern University.

Road trip helps TSU learn to handle adversity

 SWAC Championship, Dec. 11-Texas Southern vs. Ala. State 

Texas Southern men's basketball coach Tony Harvey was understandably fatigued when he and the team returned to Houston on Saturday. The Tigers had completed a six-game road trip to open the season, ending it with Friday's 84-60 loss at No. 4 Kansas State. They made stops in four states. And they did so with three key players out.

Senior forward Travele Jones and senior guards Harrison Smith and Justin Ray are ineligible because of compliance issues. The loss of Jones, the preseason Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, is especially painful, as he was the team's leading returning scorer (13.7 points per game).

TSU Cole Talking Contract

After leading TSU to an 8-3 regular-season record and its first berth in the SWAC championship game, football coach Johnnie Cole stands to receive a raise and an extension of the four-year contract he signed after being hired in December 2007.

Athletic director Charles McClelland said Friday that the two sides would sit down after the Dec. 11 SWAC championship game to discuss the situation.

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New TSU coach wants to turn up tempo

Style of offense will take full advantage of players' talents

Lots of players are quick to say they prefer fast-break basketball over a half-court attack. Tennessee State's men's team got to experience both styles last season. With Cy Alexander as coach, the Tigers relied on the slower, half-court style. After Alexander was fired Feb. 6 and assistant Mark Pittman took over on an interim basis, the Tigers kicked it into a much higher gear. After the change, a team that started 6-16 went on a tear, winning six of its last eight games.

Not surprisingly, several players said they hoped to stick with the faster pace, and with former Auburn assistant John Cooper taking over, they'll get their wish. "One of the things I noticed is that if you look at this team at the beginning of the year and then toward the end, they averaged almost 10 points more per game,'' the 40-year-old coach said during his first news conference Monday. "I've been able to watch a little bit of videotape and get a general feel for the players in the program and I think there are some that it will certainly help their style if we're able to get out in the open court and execute."

Cooper met the Nashville media for the first time since he was named Alexander's replacement Friday. Pittman was also among those considered for the job.

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TSU set to name Harvey as new basketball coach

Photo: Texas Southern University new head basketball coach Tony Harvey.

Texas Southern University will introduce Tony Harvey as its new men's basketball coach Friday at an 11 a.m. news conference, according to two people familiar with the situation.

Harvey coached as an assistant at Missouri from 1999-2004, helping the program to four straight trips to the NCAA Tournament. According to media reports, he left the school in 2004 after being accused of multiple NCAA rules violations, including giving cash to former guard Ricky Clemons and impermissible contact with recruits. He was then cleared of any wrongdoing in early 2006.

Harvey has also had coaching stints with Southern and Eastern Michigan.

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More drama at TSU...read the entire article on what Blackwell did before he was fired. Does the Tigers know how to stay out of court or what?

The charges that were filed against Harvey while at Missouri were:

(a) In a formal notice of allegations, the NCAA accused Harvey of giving player Ricky Clemons $250 in violation of NCAA rules. Harvey denied that allegation; and (b) Harvey was accused by the NCAA of treating high school and Amateur Athletic Union coaches to meals and then seeking reimbursement from the university by misrepresenting who received the meals.

Harvey resigned from his position as the associate head basketball coach at Missouri prior to being cleared of all charges by the NCAA's Infraction Committee. The university bought out the remainder of Harvey’s contract in exchange for a promise that Harvey would not try to sue the school. Missouri paid Harvey $136,000 in exchange for his resignation and a vow to never sue.

During the summer of 2003, Ricky Clemons was arrested for assaulting Jessica Bungee and spent 42 days in jail. On his work release program he was found at Missouri's president Elson Floyd's house driving and wrecking an ATV.

After Mizzou, Harvey started a new career as a sports agent and held the position of Director of Basketball Operations for MAC Sports and Entertainment.

Let's summarize....Texas Southern's acting athletic director/head football coach Johnnie Cole is still under NCAA Infraction Committee investigation for the mess created by he and his brother, L.C. Cole at Alabama State University.

L.C Cole is presently defensive coordinator at TSU, hired by his brother Johnnie Cole in January 2008. The Alabama State University case is not expected to be completed and resolved by the NCAA until 2009. Both Cole brothers were fired from Alabama State in 2003, for alledged rules infractions.

Lane College, where Johnnie Cole left a head coaching position for TSU is now on NCAA probation for rules violations in the athletic department. Cole was not responsible for these violations.

In 1999, Johnnie Cole was banned from the coaching staff at Tennessee State University where he served as offensive coordinator. After a 17 month investigation concluded, there were several NCAA rules violations. Tennessee State was hit with self-imposed sanctions by the NCAA.

Harvey, a former sports agent is now introduced as the new TSU basketball coach.

What a recipe for possible disaster with three coaches with a shaky past with the NCAA Infractions Committee in the same athletic department.

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Texas Southern brings back Moreland as interim coach

By Brandon C. Williams, Houston Chronicle

TSU names Moreland as interim basketball coach

Texas Southern University's search for a men's basketball coach led the Tigers to a trusted and familiar face of past glories.

Robert Moreland, who coached TSU for 26 seasons, was named the interim head coach, ending for now a lengthy search that concluded just eight days before the start of fall practice.

"This is just for this season,'' said Moreland on Friday morning. "TSU had a need, and I felt I had to answer the call.''

Moreland coached the Tigers from 1974-2001, leading the school to 399 wins, 10 Southwestern Athletic Conference championships and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament (1990, 1994, 1995). He will be named to the SWAC Hall of Fame in Birmingham, Ala. on Dec. 13.

He will be replacing Ronnie Courtney, who was fired after four seasons in July. Courtney's departure began the process of finding a permanent coach, one that will continue throughout the season.

"We felt it was important to have a coach on board as expeditiously as possible,'' said TSU interim president J. Timothy Boddie, Jr. "At the same time, we felt it was too important a decision to rush. Having coach Moreland assume the interim role allows us time to make a more thougthful search for a permanent coach.''

Boddie approached Moreland - who has served as a professor at the school for the last six years - about the role earlier this week. It was a decision that didn't take the coach long to make.

"I was satisfied with what I was doing,'' he said. "My love of coaching never left me, but the idea of doing it wasn't, which is why I never seriously considered any coaching offers.''

Moreland will begin practice on Oct. 13 with just eight scholarship players and will likely have to fill out the roster with walk-ons before the Tigers' Nov. 10 season opener at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

"Right now, my biggest challenge will be finding out who these players are on a personal level,'' said Moreland, who plans to spend the weekend meeting with them. "I want to let them know we are a team and talk to them about my philosophy and my expectations for this season.

"I think we can be competitive with eight players, but we do want enough players to have practice and have depth in case of injuries.''

Despite the challenges in front of him, Moreland is excited about the upcoming season.

"I haven't quite kicked into coaching mode yet,'' he said. "I'm just going to take this one step at a time.''